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Find F5 device associated with a virtual server
Team,
I have a VIP given for a virtual server. There are 90 F5s in my network.
How can I find the associated F5 among the 90 F5s in my network ?
Regards
- jaikumar_f5
Noctilucent
Here's how you can do it. Its not like you need all 90 F5 devices config. It requires a simple DNS understanding.
Lets assume this is an internal setup and your URL is abc.example.com
That URL when you dig it, it will give you a DNS resolution, sometimes a direct A record or a CNAME.
abc.example.com A 10.10.10.10
Once you do a tracepath for that, you will get a response back too on the last hop.
#tracepath 10.10.10.10 - - - abc-setup-example.com (10.10.10.10) -- somedevicesname-selfip
Similarly you can do it via the URL name too.
#tracepath abc.example.com - - - abc-setup-example.com (10.10.10.10) -- somedevicesname-selfip
The last line hop is the self ip of the ltm. You can do a SSH to that self ip and get inside the ltm and find the setup.
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